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4I rr y -' VOL. XVL IIk Ns . U., T'i t RSDAY, MARC1 1887. COMMERCAL FElTIl1ZEIts. How F'arThoy are I'roltal,le to Farmers--I (iood Article on an tumi,ortaut Subject. ("rom tIte Soutliera Cultivator It is (quite common to hear complaini of the worthlessness of a large propor tion of the coiumercial fertilizers sold t farmers. That some of these complaini are well founded thero is little doubi That many more are unreasonable an unjust is quito probable. M.ny farme ineist that the fertilizers of late years ar not so good as those of ten or twelv years or more back. Let us look mt the matter a little. The averago farmer judges of th, merits or quality of a fertilzer by th efTcts of the satme on the crop to wie. it was applied. Indeed, this is the onl, way he can safely dotormino whether fertilizer has returned a fair percentag on the iuvestment. But how often is i true that the crop grows ol nicely an everything appears to proitise a goot yield, and at last some casualty o drought, or wet or frost, cuts off th 4 crop. During. the early, and probab; the middlo stages of growth, the farme is pleased with the fertilizer; but whei he gathers his crop and the guano mal wants his pay, and the bacon and flou: and dry goods. bills, the doctor's bill etc., must bo met-the cotton won't gu round. The dry weather, or the Worns or the "storm in September,'. or somc one or more of the many cat nities to which cotton is liable, has cut off tin crop. May be the fertilizer was t< blame. But the fertilizer did not caus< the storm, nor the drought, nor the worms; neither could it prevent thes< casualties. On the other hand, if the plant starb ol well and the seasons and other con ditions continue auspicious to the end o the harvest, and the farmer gathers a large crop, lie is apt to be ple:aScd witl the fertilizer he used, as well as every thing that was connected with the crop One very important precaution is ove> looked by a large ntajoiity of farneri who use commercial tertilizers, viz: th test of the scales. It is unreasonable t< insist that a fertilizer has ''done the cro no good" when no test or experien rows have been set apart, the fert.ilizt carefully weighed and dlistribated, ait the yield of the crop gathered tan weighed under the very eye of the pro prietor. With such a est plat, or sev eral of them, accurately conducted, it i, possible to easily and certainly detern i what has been the economiic result On different soils and with ditirent seat sons and other conditions, the result; will bi discordant or diller.'at, eveu when the identical fertilizer tas beei used. One of the most impilort,ant con ditions-or rather circuOstaaices--- that al'ects the question of prolit when ti money has been paid, or is to he paid for the fertilizer, is the price of cotton But if to be paid for ii cotton it does no affect the <question at all. Now, what is a fair profit on the in vestment in a fertilizer? A fartiuer ough to b well content to realize 8 or 0 pei cent. per annum profit on all i lie lixe< anditl working capital eilploycd in li business after allowing a retasutable sun for his services and for wear :utd tear insurance, etc. lie would gbl>ly reni out his land, or a portion of it, on suel terms, and devote his personal attentio: to something else. 'then why shouh he expect any greater per cent.- profit ''one year with another,'' on ii is in vest ment in a fertilizer? One ton of standard fertilizeis, haulet and distributed in the soil, costs, sa thirty ($30) dollars cash. '1 he money i paid--say April 1st-and the crop i harvested and ready for narket-sa; Gctober lst--six months. Suppose ti increased yield of cotton, after ueduactinj the extra expenlses of painiig an< ginning, and adhding the vailue of the extra seed, is thirty-live dollars, or flyv dlollars clear p)rofit. Five dollars net in crease in the value of the crop duea t< uise of a toni of fertilizer woui(1tanot b considlered unusual; it is probialy nmuel below the average results. But liv~e dol lars on thirty dollars, for six mionths, i 163 per ccont., or 33 1per cent. pe ainum! Or supposo 350) pounats of lini cotton is the price agreed upon for th fertilizer, patyalo Novcnebe 1st, an that the increased yield is 125 poundla We now have 75 hpounlds of lint cottoi nmore than enouagh to pay for the fei tilizer. No reasoniable mnana will be likely t,. deny the fatirness of the above ligures 'The per. cent. inicrease credited to tha fertilizer is prn>bably less tIimn thle avei auge results of th e use of eoauanereiaal fei Stilizers ini genecral-- good, bad and ini different----lor ta series of years togethei say for t he last teai years. It is true thu they are not so great ase for the prced( ing period of teni years, or, in othie wor<ds, that comamaercial fe rtilizers doneti yield as good results onx the samei field as they did ten or lifteen years ago. 'Thi may be accounted for without aissuiaanii that the quality of commercial fertilizer ahas been lowered. Chemicajal tanahysi shows that they lImvo ntot. FwhJl t,-t on similar hands Ilhat hmve not b2een "ran to death'' ini cottoni with contcenatrate fertilizers prove that the stame result can now be Jecuured as before, with aivel age fertilizers of the lpresenit time. Alert * ~ over, the price of stadaird fertilizers ha steadily declined- --the cost (of umataria and manipulation being less and comtpa. tition reducing the pirolits of the mamIl -~ facturers and dealers. What, then, is the dihlulty ? 1) those farmers who refrain from the uis of commercial fe.rtilizors succeed ana better? .If they do, is their prosperit duo to.their policy in this resp-ect, oir it not in spite of it, and1( because of .e ceptional .skill, indnietry, ecoi 105 osp'cially in the uitihiziang hiome manuttar ad resourcea? When thie latter plolicy slupplemnltedl by the judicious (an liberal) use of the best gradles of con moirci fertilizing materials, compoete or mixed- -as far as possib)le- at homa we almost inivarilly see the baest resuilta Nearly all of the mlost prosperous farni era in the country are thiose who dio na depend en bouaghat fertilizers alonte, ha -who bring inte'lligenuce, skill, induistr and sound juadgmeont t-o bear in all tla detaiils of farning, The fact is, too mutch is expected <. fertilizers. lumano cannoat comlipensal for the atbsence of the qualities an habits, etc., that chlaracter~ize the sat ce',aful farmer. - If a farmer, withiot usmin guano, falls behind at theo rate <. thirt dollars to the mule, it is not rea ~onable to expect that he will "cm m Veu," munch hens "ahead," by mn 1 L* - -r ton of- fertilizer to the mule without compl' ing with the other conditions of sttcoessful farming. He might as well expect to make a musician o his son by simply buying hir4 a fiddle. a-5 - The Cotton Movement. The New York Financial (hronicle, 8 reviewing the cotton movement, says that for the week ending Friday, March t a 18, the total receipts have reached 57,711 s bales,. against 7',953 last wek, 79,951 B the previous week, and 95,013 three e weeks since; making the total receiptss 3 sinuc 1st September, 1886, 1,959,974 bales, against 4,727,174 for the same pe nod of 1885--8;, showing an increase < since September 1, 1886, of 232,400 1 bales. 1 The exports for the week ending Fri- r day evening reach a total of 137,736 t bales, of wvhich 77,396 were to Great i 1 litain, 4,470 to France, and 55,87() to the rest of the continent. The total sales for forward delivery for the week f are 532,700 bales. For immediate deliv- < cry the total sales foot up this week r 1,218 hales, including 1,218 for consump- t tion. The imports into continental ports t this week have been 50,000 bales. n There was a decrease in the cotton in n sight Friday night of 66,741 bales as S compared with the same date of 1886, 1 an increase of 119,081 bales as compared s with the corresponding date of 1885, 1 and a decrease of 198,708 bales as corn- e pared with 188-I. The old interior stocks ' have decreased1 during the weok :35,342 t h)ales, and are to-night 190,382 bales less s than at the same period last year. The 1h receipts at the same towns have been li 5.191 bales more than the same week last a year, and since September 1 the receipts s at all the towns are 69,-185. bales more c than for the same time in 1885- 6. p The total receipts from the plantations e since September 1, 188(;, were 5,112,428 d hales; in 1885- 86 were 5,104,016; in i) 1881 85 were .,675,3061. Although the ti receipts at the outports the past week a were 57,71 6 bales, the actual movement Li fraini planttionS was only 21,6t8, the u balancc being taken from the stocks at v the interior towns. Last year receil)ts n from the plantations for the same week e were 28,729 bales, and for 18S5 they were '1 21','08. The increase in the amount in ha sight Friday night, as compared with 1: last year, was 59,181 bales, the increase e as eompare(l with 188485 was 628,573, ii and the increase over 1883--8I was (194,- t 879. 1: ' ie Chroniele thinks that these tigures I may be a little inaccurate, because, be- C tween the 1st September, 1886, and the i lst March, 18~87, cotton which paSsed i: thtroug avamnah, consigned to Charles ton, was inch ittl in the rceeipts of each porit were twice comiited. T1he&se twice-d counted shipments aggregated 27,280 t bales. g Onei, - of the most conspicuous, and con- I se(uently, as things are estimated here, a most successful of all the host of these r aspirants for social laurels is the widow 1 of a Rocky Mountain mining camp bar- < k*icer. She herself was a washer woman, and in spite of several years' residence in ''Yurrup, ret.ins much of the brogue and many of the characteris- I ties of her formerly highly honorable n t and useful avocation. But what matters s it that she cannot utter a sentence of re- \ speetable English? What, though in n resplenldelt Parisian creations of satin, t velvet and feathers, she looks like the a tlueenl of a Biddle's masquerade? She is f rich as a she-Cro sus, and ''entertains' I like a she-Lucullus-"entertainment" in 1i this city of execrable taverns referring < largely to punch and salad bowls, cro- v qouette platters and wine bottles. She gorges the not-too-f'astidious leadecrs of t the Washington ''Vanity Fair" with thei highest plriced v'ituals, and swills them s with the choicest vinhages of Ilurgundy < - anid champagne. One of lhen recent m )'"blo wouts," as she wouldI call it, brought together many of the most noted people Iinm the capital and guests of distiuetion - from dlistant parts of the country. S That miracle of municipal modesty, r Chicago, c'ontributed a pair of these e t gilded elbowers and pushers, whose j 3 grotes<que, gold-plated antics haLve for r ito ? three years all'rded amusement -to on-gazimg god1s and men. Nothing i 1 too extravagant for their Chicagonese - nerve or check. They went into oflicial mlouriming mm year or so ago for a person 3they hand never met, and there seems -little reason to doubt that if her Majesty, Victonx a, by tihe grace of God Queen of - E'ngland and E'hmpress ofi [ndiam, should - hapipen to piass in her royal checks their - brown-stone castle woult fly a black flag ,for thirty days and discount the British t Minister's residence in pr1ofuseness of - emliematic woe.--Washington Letter to r St. Louis GIlobc-D)emocrat. " 'It was once my fortune," 110 says, 5 "to see a young man take an ax in his s hand and walk alone across 204) yards of S openl groundI( unlder tihe fire of 400 ,din ilmuntedl troopers, and dlelibmerately cut i down a telegraph pole. Whmile 110 was s elhopi ng away at the tough cedar wood -I1 could plainly see the splinters whirling -away fromi thme pole from topm to bottom, s ans the whizzing hulIlets aimed at himl 1crashed through it, or scauuned its sides with ragged scars. Near by stood a brick chimney, whlere a house had been himnmed downu; a twelve p)ound shiot strucek the pile, and it wvent tumbling to e ealrtb, scattering its bricks about, somec y of them strikinug the young soldier's y legs. He[ id niot waver. As regular as t he h eat of a pan u w inas the swing of that ax,sad whena thme 101e fell friends andei ts xied together in yellbng their L(IadmitIioni of the younig man as he0 dei a liberately slho ulderedl h is ax andl returned il to his pla1ce in his connliaand."'-- Maurice - lhompson iin tlit In dependent. ,Ii Wais an, Oh!s Sisory. A boy about nine years old sat on a t door step on Clinton street yesterdlay, 4t .md a p)atrolman who heard a great noise y upj stairs in time house inlquiredl of him E ''In't that a rowv going on lup stairs?" 'f "WVho is it?" e "DIad andl ma'am." 1 , "V1hy didn't you tell me the y were - ughtmr s" t "W61, they began early yesterday 4 'no.'ning, amnd the thing has get so old ca dat ? thought youl would yell 'ehesnumtaI' t at me if T said anythlng."- Detroit F'ree 9 Press - I'Iant at 111K $enMtn. (Fronn th1 I.ontoon ien. Where plants have been wintered in the dwelling house they will need care ful attention during the nonth of 1[arch. When the weather is sulliienttt y mild the plants should be taken from heir winter quagters and any dust that nay have accumulated on the foliage hould be washed oil with sponge and vater, and every dead or decaying leaf hould 1o removed. ''Tose subjects uflioiently hardy to bear exposure may, vith great advantage, be placed on the uter window-sill, but they should not >o so placed while there is a eo(l wind >lowing, nor must they remain out all tig.t. The very lest time to put the dants out for the first time is when a varm, gentle rain is falling, aptly termed 'growing" weather. Now is the time to make preparations or spring potting, a very necessary peration. The10 plants to be shifted, or epotted, should be watered thoroughly wo days previous to tho day the opera ion is to be performed, so that the soil may be in a proper state, neither wet or dry, and the fresh compost used Itould be in a similar condition. jf ew pots are to be used, let theut be oaked in water an hour or so before the lants are put into them; if the puts mployed be old ones, they should be roll washed inside and out and allowed > become perfectly dry. The drainage liould be perfect, and each plant should ave a pot suitable to its size. Over the ole in the centre of the base of the pot large piece of broken flower pot, or a a1all oyster shell, should be placed, the ncave side downwards; thelt smaller ieces of flower pot should be added r small clean bits of broken brick will o-to tie deptli of at least an inch; the lan? that is to be repotted should be t ken upside down in the left hand, the :em of the plant between the middle ngers, the rim of the pot gently tapped poin the edge of the table or other eon. inient solid substance, when the pot. 1 my be lifted with the right hand as 1stly as the extinguisher from a candle. 'he ball of soil about the roots should1 e examined; if healthy the plants may t e put into a pot a size larger than the ne from which it has just been taken; any decayed roots present themselves tese should be ntearly cut oil. '.'he re otting slouhl be dono firmly, the soil cing brought up to withiu half an inch f the top of the rim of the pot; this will ave Space sutlicicllt for witering pmr oses. In the matters of situation, soil and otting, plants reqitire a con sideialle iversity of treatment, yet althlogi 1 [teso points are very essential in propa ation, they are not vital in respect to. lant8 purchased during tllitr season of loom; the cultivation, or rather, 1 hould say, the after treatment, lies in a tutshell. They must receive water andi ir in plenty, but the supplies mist be egulated aecording to the season 11a( nature of the plant. With the exception f such sutbjects-thirstv subjects I maty ay-is musk, India-rubl,ber plant a 1d ltrnm ethtiopi("um, no plants ordtinarily rown int rooms, should stad in saucer 1l of water, and those plants lmve uentioned should only be allowed to do o during their season of active grow tl. Vith other plants the prop)Cr plan is ever to give water until the soil is dry, hen give plenty, sullicient, indeed, to aturate every particle of soil, root an1d ibre, and when the surplus water las aussed through into the saucer, +he tter, after the expiration of a quarter f an hour or so, should be emptied, viped dry and replaced. When the weather is favorable, that is F o say, when neither torrents of rain, rest or cutting windis prevail-- ihe plants1 hould1( be taken from thle room1 inito the poen aiir, bringing thleml bacle- as I have 1 readly said--towards evening. Thle woman wvho wvould b Ieome a >uirnialist lust fit into the orgaizaxltion hierever sile1 is neded. Slhe maly be shed to read articles and prepare ihemi or the printer, to condense a lper oft ,O00 words into 1,000)t withlout omit tinIg point or weakening an argunment, resd roof, hiold cop)y for the proofl)-read(er, trite adlvertising paragraphs, attend to ditorial correspondencee, look atfter' the hake-up),of the '"folims.'" prepare ad1 ver ISmlg circlars, reviewv books1, write bituarics, report events, write ihead ines, answer qulestionls, look 11fter tIle xchanges, make clippiogs, complIile art i les, write editorials, or do a hun11 Ired other things. If shle earns- Iter aanent placoe m iust dto some1 o f ihese hings better than any other availatble >erson, and before site rises to an1 edito 'iial position she oulght to know how to lo theni all, and what is more know vhen others are doing themil ulit. rourn-ialism is biy no mens pureWly Iilia y work, nor is it without its disadvanit ges. Theli halo whichm surrounids it is argely fictitiotus. El'very delpartlment of lie work has more or less drudlgery con.1 ieeted with it; tile ed itor-ini-clluef kno ws vhat he wants and does nlot wanit, andl til work must be done in accordanuer vith hlis views, ofteni inI dirlect opposi01 loll to personlal tiastes; tIle hirty of tIn-I vork, panrticulalrly on1 datily and4 weeklyv apers, is it heavy stra0inl tht associt ,ions in replortoil positionos lilt nIt Liways pltesatt; advancement is oftenl low, as5 even ia perso 1iwellI littedi for the Yorkt is a long time obtainiing thloroughl somnma1d of ills rehwirlees. TJhe dliSad rantage's pOculialr to womenI lie lot niany. A gretter Ilbra0viof ideas a -ule chleaucteI izes journllali.d thn otJI r L'hiere atre certainl LindIs tof report1inIg, a1 )oliceC anid morgue new1is, imponesible t' I womani1i; btit I a5I kiind of news which(1 iavancing civilization matkts nl>re and14 nero tupopula1r. - bla In.J Tarbeiill in thIe Jhmautamtuan, Slee'pless pleI, says5 lelthl and Ilhome, should It cour t thle suInI. '.11/ht very wvorst sopoifle is InladalIm, and1( thet very aset is sunIshline. ThIerefore it is plain1 hat tIhe Ipoor1tht1- sleper tholdt pass5 as nanly hours of the dayt) ill the0 mhtinlo tnd as few in the shad e as posstilh. The ujutrious ttlYeet of tIle sinnlo( is very Iioticelel) in p)lanlts growing ini seeludedlI places and ladiies who nare accust med fi marry sunshades. 'The invigorating po4wer f suulight is infinlite, arnd lie whmose skin ,s rauy sekdom :ecquires a pill. A cable disp:t(I to the Now York herald says: "'1' faslions for the presCt spring p,ruIlise to return to great siul>lieity of tur:t. ior hldies' dresses the elahorate loopings and drap( (is of bygone siltSoils l: ve given lattCe t1 flat, straight folds, to tI iliuings of einbroid eriti til b(raidin g, and to slight drapery at the iaok of the skirt. 'lhere is also a reit fI the 'prin('s style for th" 1, ('hls ,h e -, the skirt fronts znl t(o41' frI'out' Ing comt(npoSed1 of tact', ' I:u rtll li, :n yortt iii vatrio(ls ftll. ta.sti Styl.., (itl :r b111it uety or forming I points with 1ni (1u:unent in htiul pas.se ticnte, pla: Y it the ap(x of each point it itch i g iII color the iaterial of the drss. \'eIy wide n111 elegant $taShe.. iu :utt lnterianls, such( as crape or sura'h, ili be r11n1t 1ate int theo sea eon, , au1gh1t in lirge loops andl with long wide (ints haling over the skirt. They 1n11 IbY wornI at the lack or at one side, icrorling to fancy, and are shown cilher plain ur tllbroidlrC and trinuned1 with Large silk 1'ringes. ''Th( faVorite (cor for this spring will be gray ini alt shades, from the larkest steel gray to a dtelieate silvery one. litek silk dresses arc b ecoming houlrtl:1, owing to the introduction of a 4W silk faltrie known as peau tie sole, tn1 w hieh lis it onee thick and soft and romnists to wear well. Tlrti is a de rinedit'l tfort ol foot for the suppres ;oin of fringes of hair over the forehead, >r ai. t last to dliminisht the volume and1( ,vidtlh of the frizzled curls over the brow. We are I lreatend( with a Chinese style If coill.i're, hlt very few faces can stand hie straitiig of the hair at the back of he heatl. 'hie very high pullt', loops 1111 aigret Its tlit at one time threatened ,o make a lady's t itl'ure in the evening 'ival the very It ighest of her street hats 1ive 110W alnlost wholly disapptlred. "'l vtnint drss slippers are ltow worn ;"ith searc(ely :miy trimmning. A small mtu"kle of lhii s It'nes, coltilling a tinyy >Ow of rillon i talon admissible. Bilack >r b,ron1zo kidl slilplers are w.ru with lirk dresses for demi-toilette. 'the slip >r is 110w cut very low over the instep, le stocking being embroidered with ilk or c ptll worked in a line lace like >attern.' 4111 5N4 Iii tNN .TS IN LON ioN. (Cousin \:tdge writes in l..ondon Lrutlh: "There wts such a very pretty Ilding at St.. 'a ul's,. Knigltsi u idge, on iaturdtay atternoon, that. we did wish for 'n to Ibe there to set' it.. T'ie 1)1 ide was lv Alela I lous, a1d site lookt (d ch arm ng ill lier marriage guwln o whire noire, with( a smlall wreath of urange )1Os- ins fastc(eed on witdl mult itudinlous lialuond stars, aud a magnitieent bou jrtet of lilies 1111(1 other white flowers. L'he bouquet, .L am glad to say, was not ;umlr'ously large, as some brides bou luets have (eeln of late, and the arrange ment of the lovely blooms Wts perfect. The ttain1 of the wedding dress was car tied IbV two of the Very tiniest pages I have ev r setn. TI Iey were dressed in wlhiite sattin. TIhe bridle'mauids w(re really hIst(t'fii tirtests of :i>i pale llte 01' causdle- il uiteit I, i hie\(t wit hoI wn vel\et. T1'heir hats htadl high rw1ns of either si t a I I o b w velvet, III it. the brils w'r Iue 1it. lT.heir li(liut5 wert :tzahc, Inl luvely" 1(1nes of pink a(4a( coral inltermuinglr.d. T'his at tire look("d warm a1(uI coto(rtbtI t. I alwlys tihin Ik iiht whIite or cr(iami-ctlored diresses for brtidetsmaidls look cold andi ch illing at ailly tiliae, S ii'ttlutner and early au tuili. those worn by the sma:(rt peoplt in tile eoniglegation. One l:ly ltppeite1 ii a vr It i.-l Ik bonn of.. itt st w , trin nit w 'tit a hIth huntchIll (ot Naph tt vile'tllltA irg elsero sit iilar how-d helt lotrope-'Ivelvett hIoiti. .\t nketo lunetht , juIt a I11 littletblueinl tonet to itassorlthli'' t ionotbll ithl thet pale1 jult1 lIth lsorIt of tingt thaltloly sar iiry wel )1ithy s woma . da b1y floie'tito could notiIt olIitly ole it orn inlre thak n hahi Ia dozen imes ti he yelar beieng well on .spie l 1)1oius.ho heltt,o leP1tt ackt, <jie tihtnoittg edgedy liy ar lilera bugcnnt 1)s ndevoted 1lo, wtliy-her lgw i but the fo rv-rlwa v' h It i ii, t h it ter ll1iIer t i alli annipt 11 1(sph.n i itiinde, n 1ith (1h>r ius i o ill of Iand.t si t\enin it ptltI~t oli otni itver1 al skir anoditplat of br C Iihtly' Stie silk. 'Thioe Sitclhr and en)Itl wrel of the 11striil Te inul hon neCl't was alt bridere ife sdge wiz* tith a lit-il' 'honre ric1hr It thea puttye tint'o thie til. t u ri n lwih a ro p f c.A1ls:t Iv1LIlL3l. lluaw the Gl:'rnaul I'euples ('t Ittbrattrtl hii. NIntetieth ltirthtlay--ItiIh'inlt 'agea ntry auit iiitwig (erut,ani(8. .Binu., March 22.-The ninetieth an nivorsary of Emperor William's birt-h was ushered in by the pealing of joy bells in all the churches and the tower of the town hall, and the sounding of choral chimes. The city is decorated as it never was before. (larlands, flags, laurels, festoons of evergreen, banners, Iright drap)ery and brilliant, carpets are hung Oi every contsiicuiouis spot where ornamient can Ite matte to add to the joy ous appearance of the town. Conspicul ous by the extreme elegance of their decorations are the Itoyal Academy and Uiniversity buildings, and the city resi deice of the CrownI Prince Frederick William. 'T'he monument of Frederick the Ghreat is covered with wreaths and flowers. Wherever there is a bust or statue of the Emperor in a shop window or other expo. ed place it is Nuriel in Ilowers. People are all out in holiday attire and the streets are thronged. Early in the dlay special mtemuorial re ligious services were held in all the churches and synagogues, and the cdi flices were crowded in every ease. Chil dren from all the schools in the city went in processions, accompanied Ity bands of music, to the church services. '1'he students' procession past the palace was a grand allihir. They went in carriages, of which there were several hundred in line, carried bright banners of the various school atld college socie ties and associations, and were accon. panied by many bands playing music and arranged in gorgeous medieval cos tumes. The long line of carriages was preceded and followed by students on horseback. 'assing the palace hands played national antheml, ''Preutssenlhied" and ''Vacht am lhicn," t': 'deiits all singing to the music. The Empe ')r ap pearod at a window as the proces-ion was moving past, and bowed, remain.: there a considerable time. '.lhe great crowd in the street gave him an ovat ion, the multitude cheering itself hoarse an,I tiring itself out waving luts ntul hand kerchiefs. All the members of the imperial fant ily and all their princely guests drove in procession to the palace and persohnally tendered thteir congratuhlations to the Emperor. 'T'lhe procession Wits checred by the crowds in the streets. A rain storni which set in at o'clock and lasted until t hal searcely nuy e' tt upon the crowds of enthusiast ic ( emns who thronged the stre,ts. 'T'he illutmi natit)Ins to-night tlrolglhtiuft th city ire suiperh . Au (sp)('(ciallV strikcing fcature is a lieture, one Ilndrt'td yards Ih tog an,l twenity yards wide, in ft olit If 1 a Academy of Arts, dtepicting even ts;in ic Emperor's life. lismarek and Von \leltke say that they have received a wt,nderfiuI reward for their services, the claracter of wi icl is as yet unknownt. All the u,ecretaries of departmnluets were decorated by the Emperor. In receiving a household deputation the iimlperor sai i: '"I have reachetl this age I b the grace of ( lod, and if the Lord hlelps mie, and wunts mie to, I may 1 ive to see aot her vear." Il'urit', a 'ti iuuuliu|, t,tu I,r-jius, ''lelcuito! I )>Ot thtu .-cetit tle gintle spr1ing? "3le nostrils tl attttest the salle iii. deed, for thist, that's to ie neighbor's earp'e wed, already yielhIs to his atiletie strokes.'' "'Nay, do ntd carp) at. clteaninlg iuub, try, nor thus ilgralin thee witi such worsted thoughts, '1h t spring thle gei tle spring is at t lie door!'" till lhe hiath purified his breath at hti, anid purged h'is i' riiaimnt of its ri)ishi tang."' "Dost thou not like! the sprinig, thlon testy one" "Ae, if fthe salue' Wile noti too long a-slitifl''ng Tl'is d)rinig halt niii;t'o tne hoa ithitS lii I ierce pro testo, tand studt s toe throughI wt fillly-mienits ofi wr'ath." "'I wondetr, sith thy stal e wit I heiar, thatt thlou dost favor0i iiot thiis ftenii ig timie." "Th'Iis steainig timie is giood ftoi enin ning conijurer', for in>' tht s':inis aind Sewers (if soil (lothI oose ohinox iou i d-rs that tiraelini tile stetamitng 1proieC5 ttso this vernal change. And main, flit' iniiita for that hle is, 'onIten'tts hirni i> t withI fuel for this gaeisiius glow ini hieiniig high the garbiage fiuntiad pyret. I wont der' no t, wvheui Iirst the Iliverwot uprt~teiirs lhe dainty erest abot(v fte glilbe, ad scents the gairdeni truck's euhifviton, lie hiies to silent sinctum of the soil andt saith 'My dainty redolenice will seema ohsecure iii atmlilspherlue 5(o frteight with filmies. 'And to thy sense is't otily scents thait makes thee sentient of spring's seniti mnelit ' ''Niay, he mue tiothi; I tiliats wmanierinig geiius of the ciantk, the hilliung bu'si ness of' Eseculapilns, thie selit>il bioy takhing furhought fromu his botks fto initil' v'iewv the spiral aniglew~ trmti, thle hoitu-lV henl that hunns lier hiumbh.d hi iiim of hotwl ias with thie iii>th slit huols her annuaiiil joust, thiese lie someii symiptotnm that alssert to mie( the~ year's cotninnti' hu, with the waniltoun sprin'g." Th'le repot that. (;iverrtit Ifti.hugh LeAe madite his recent visit fto A\l int sofa its hart of it phm11 to give htitit h le second place~ on the( nuext niatoal ft Icke ornigi 'T'lere is not ft: sl Wiht , bsis fr ihe itnptuttion. ( huiral I Iwe i no ft' naum to go aroundl hiuniting fo a1ie', t>l it is ificuilt to wte how a fIyin ui rli, ior any other trip, fto St. IPaul or aiyn her else, Citl Ipromuotteoisuch ani objl t (overnior Leec caume lieu' toi 'iin' ithll tIhe l'reshiltnt andl .\ltis. ('lh I tl, andit at the last momieuit deided't to anemopii~a nty sonme frienids to thle noriith iwish a lifttle rest fronm the wortry (if olhiec. At.flit samte timie we augin inisist t hat lhe wo uh i inake it imodel - Viece-PIresiideit. Washingt on Post. I etroit, \l ichi. , is n otAed for its hlth lly alit handsomec ladies. whieh then Ileadig physi'icians anid druggists there alttribute to ie general use iandi poipualarit y of' D)r. II arter's Iron TIoie i. WisehlyV improveut'( the presen'tt is good tidvice, satd the newly mnarried mailn,l is hi '1'!it SOltiOWS 0 (:ItAVE-)I(OEKIS. '1 .\+ll le I'or---Tcirel WN'er. Tb)ol by Oine of the Craft. ro In the New York Star.) liuryiig the dead in Calvary cemetery has come to be a disagreeable job to the union ot grave-diggers, but as no walk iug delegate appeared in the cemetery yesterday, the grave-diggers were kept Itsy all day with pick and shovel, digging new graves. '[he aunotuncementt that the Yorick as-sociat ion had struck was premutunre. It Ihas presenttat its ultima ttuit to the authorities of Calvary ceme tery, tand it awaits their answer. One of the grave-diggers, a very intelligent nuan, leaned on his spade in the cemete ry yesterday and said toi a reporter of the Star: '"'rave-digging is about as hard and uuhenlthtful an occupation as there is. I suppose that the average term of life of a grave-digger is much less than that of most other workmen. We don't go ofl' as <puiekly is they do in a powdd mill, butt we go fast enough. Every day we work we are digging our own graves. (rave-diggers do not last more tinui live or six years. They get crippled by working 'in the damp ground; and have to go to the poorhouse, and sometimes thneir fanilies have to go along with theit. I'tu nonia gets its grip on them in these cohl, wet graves, and in a tfew days the grave digger's fellow-workmen are digging his grave, and rattling the clods down hini. ''here are only two old grtve-diggers in the cemetery, and after they have worked so many years at the trade their wages have been reduced from 81.75 to $1.5I) a day, because they are so old. One of the men has been digging graves for about thirty years. lie may be said to have lived in the ceitetery. 'A grave is 9 feet deep, 7 feet long anti2 feet wide at the bottot. Some tiiu's we lhave to make it tei or twelve feet wide at Ithe tp to prevent the sides fromn falling in. lii the winter the frost is sorn,'tines Iwo feet deep , and digging I he giave is like cutting throngh granite. It ttkt"s from half to threo-inarters of a day ih d a trave, :it, as our fellow werkma n says iii II mlnet., 'it lats for ever.' It akes a skilleI mau tA imake a grav,. An iunskit led hI and wouthl be very likely to bury himsetf. Nearly all tIe inople w ever see here are in tears, aiil, et,sidtiril g the hard, disagreeable atil 1tt1eit. hy ltiteter of t tie w"ork we do, we tiink we ought to be decentl' pitul for it. At presen t we get .1.75 a day, and lose Itie iainy afternoons. Ii wi imt,er ei atre liaitl odl tiliot, one eek in fouir, i il los- r'itv thits bu'sidea. My Itay last niltt ii \ w ily . , whi.ih is butt a inrtetion owr e' .-1 a thay for every day 1l1 tiln+ nitlli 1. "We are always inl det to tit haker iind the tititcltr, aint it t iiinl >ssilble for i to piut by aiiy iii tity for the time whe n we tt shall be toto id o dig graves. lHie supeniintt tilent of the --en'tery gets -~ t a tr, or tltilt 71) ia week. Of ('nlir:st' lie 1.- Itttli <II 1tIVlmilleet igs Iii siltninti wt 1iiatk alln)tlt .Ill it week. I. lias Iti suit tltitt w Il n our hollises. l re is i ' a gi t ve-tliggt'r in ('alvary 'teint'tt'v wt,ho owlis lis ihise ,,u will t'ver ge't unti(y e"inugh to oun aonec. 1t t ' iiitleriy gets ' Iit' e vry ftill si tl ' tvc Ihat. dng, intd it gets I,l)tt) o i id hile i forll ) it lph>t of glrtttl tii X lt n eet .by tightt'en. It tv U tertain ly atllonI to paiy i hdayto the grave digger,s, ituti they carin thait ntut'h. Most atll the pe-tple burtied hire art poor peo lil.. ty aret the luingshtorement', hod (a titler is, ( +ilers, itl)sonls antl lrick la.y'S of New 1 ork. They do tIl witt. tu lit" in) che"apt thoil r :tv('s. " ' e otd I;tishopl t1t i aoughlin. 0f Iirh' lIy , i jtv f2 a day to the grave iIt rsii 4 111 11( Liii l ' Selne tr ,it' l j pay iiI' geveryi thit rin r i s i titit. IS I i't ht e \\ i rI lie inita (ni. Ia li i't1! litt gi itot e idt4i i ocetiitidligt hiighu ic atI tlhe.'ti clos id' tevening unetaliigt at l f<iti ahtitiu. Aiwil eritce, oig VItither as was il' thecs toi ' ll til Ii i iwn at ve il \\'hngte Iet ingl wa vrth ubndth h uif lo be lutt oflhe' diirl'us asi toif rl to i'. Ihal:liathi h itnllii eamine wli 'thelIt lIii'l-iandI s il'. lie was W lilfil Itly il tiln<'it and ai tn cli u p,lyo ail'weda nonbh itt if w Inni ndhelped htier 4'in t ul drove8 oif withl isr iTheiy imdhir not galle; a111 rtis iay lite wc sd ''I silt it' oli gt>I tl IIli:i,kii: '-ilk. I- Dlti lIltkIed ati(her a IJiinet lin su'i i ' '('l1:S huen ill at ti vejeg andoi tl I r lIl h w <(iil"~ liit rn ilrl( Ile 'in,rse oinalt' and d grettack toli t(,he itor w4i ith the right wonu'tiit'liI.il Concorduti I ife -, It'-en, THE 1NT1t.STATE eoMMIzoN.1 The Men Appointed by the Pre.td.st tq, Regulate the Railroads. The following is a sketch Qt careers of the men composing mission, excepting Morrison, Wh4epl,-; lie services are so generally kiowilitO need no description: + " THOMAS M. COOLEY was born at Attica, N. Y., in 1824 studied law in that State and removed ftr Michigan in 1843, where he has " resided. In 18b7 he was elected op ' piler of the State laws and in 1858 re porter for the Supreme Court. In 1859 he was chosen by the regents as oorn missioner to organize the law depart.. mont of the University of Michigan, and he has ever since been connected with it. In 1864 he was elected Justice of he ; ; Supreme Court and was re-elected in 1li9 and 1877. lie was nominated by the Republican for re-election in 1886 and was (efeated. Judge Coole is the author of numerous standard 1ega1 works. Hoe was recently appointed by United States Judge Cresham receiver of the Wabash Railroad Company. .ALnACE F. wALKEn is a Vermont lawyer, about 44 years old, a Republican in politics, who studied law with Senator Edmunds, served as colonel in the Union ariy and has since then practiced law at Rutland. In the Vermont Senate he has taken a leading ' part in framing legislation to solve the railway problem, and has given much study to the question. AUGUST SCIIOONMAKEii, of Kingston, N. Y., was born in Ulster county, March 1, 1828, and is a lawyer imi active practice. He has always been a Democrat in politics. He has been county judge of his county, and candi date of his party for Supreme Court Judge. He was State Senator during Governor Tildon's term as Governor, and was one of the leaders in the Legis lature on whom Tilden relied to carry out his reform measures. He was al ways a close personal and political friend of 1'ilden's. Sehoonmaker was attorney general of New York State in 1878 and 1879. In 1876 he was presented by the Anti-Tammany delegation from New York, in the )emocratio State Conven tion, as their candidate for Governor, and he was a delegato to the Democratic National Convention in 1876 and 1880, and also to the Chicago Convention in 1881. 11 is now a member of the civil service commission of New York State, having been appointed by Gove.nor Cleveland and retained in otiice by Gov erner llill. was born in Alabanm in 1838, but resided in Arkansas from 1813 to 1861. He was educated at Harvard University and Cambridge I aw School, and practiced law in Arkansas fotr sonic years. At the close of the war he settled in . labama, and for sonic years was the law p er of Senator Morgan. lie has n a leading Democrat in that State for some years, and has served as national dele gate, Presidential elector and a member of the .Democratic national committee. ii 1881 lie wts made presi . th'e Alabama State railroad commission c' served in that position four years, dur ing which time many important ques tions arising between railroads and their customers were satisfactorily adjusted. TIl -; I'Iit-su I \Iy '1 :f 1, ItO q, 10b,1110'auilil ShIl'uuui Costeuiding for Lli)e (i.ett ' tr Io i- ('in,inni nt I Entuirer.) The play for the Presidential position has begun early. Sherman will soon be in the South making speeches, more with a view to make an impression in his own ptolitical interest thn to advance views calculated to aid the development of the sect ion lhe visits. I think I can anticipate Mr-. Sherman's calculations, if IBlaine wa.nts a renomi nation Sherman believes lie can have it without reaching out his hand. B3laine wvants it, lie thinks, only in the event that he feels aissmied of his election. He will again tnt' 110 chances. Sherman will conie im as a commanding quantity if' Blaine should deucidle not to seek the noinmination. If Bllaine attempts to con trol the coinvention in the interest of a cantdidte~ of his own choice rather than liinisclf, Mr. Shiermian will then an tatgonize hini. lie will not give way for 31r. Allison or anybody else. In short, Shmermni will endeavor to place his can didaey in such position as to make it iinmossible to r'epeat such a deal as re suilted ini the noiniationt of Garfield. M tr. Bline is now more apprehensive of the prohibition than of the mug wuimp vote, in his own State, in New York, in Ohio, andl in the northwestern States in-ohiibition is growing. The vote, too, is in pgolitical contests becoming tmore gregarious. It largely draws its strength from the liepublicain party, as doesi thme labo(r vote from the Democratic party. In his own mind the problem no0wI hemg irevojlved by Mr. B3laine is ''Will there be enough votes east out side of the lpu ln rty o apo hiiincandidate to jeopardize New \ ork or any other Rtepublican State?" I f hte conmes to the conchusioni there will not be, Mr. Blihnue will be a Richmond in the field. Mr. Sherman's candidacy ti s time umeains more anid looks more portentous than it ever did before. The Camerons, of P'ennsylvania, Simon and Don, are allied with it. They are afraid Bllaino in power would cut that wing. They' are fo,r Sherman because of martial alliances wvhich binds the house of Sherman with their own, and b,ec-auso, while they mnight not get all they asked from him, they would tnever get theo cold shoulder. Il.owever, it douliess is true that in IPennlsy lvan jai Blaino is stronger than the Camerons. fin (fhio ho has heretofore shown miore strength thtan Sherman. nJ i of i I.e-I*resie.nts. Inm accordaince with ItheI htw enactted by cngrss' priovi<hniig [or th purchielase of wh'ite marble bus5ts of he Viec-P'residents, to, b.e ptlaced'( in the ii cIhes oft the Senate ( haembers, the library ('onun,itte'e lus solic iled proi Itins fr>rn sculhptors for the work, 'onuneinti('ig withI the hate VIce I 'r"tident I l'intricks. Not imore thtan $800) is t,. be' paid fori a sinugk bist, and prefer enk isto be given in ('elh case to tan artIst I romt ihe State Ii'rm which I le Vice-Pr-esl dient 4:11n4. The first respon~ise from the 'iianuit's l'iitton assuiresq the ora.. ment t aain of thle Cinonbler w ith the busk of John (' . Calhoitn, by lTeodore Mills, og' a Is city'. son of Clark Alills, who produced the (ituestrhin statue of .lackson in Lrt